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Saitama at-large district
Saitama at-large district
埼玉県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency; for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Saitama
Electorate	6,170,471 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	8
Councillors	Class of 2019: Toshiharu Furukawa; Hiroto Kumagai; Katsuo Yakura; Gaku Ito; Class of 2022: Masakazu Sekiguchi; Kiyoshi Ueda; Makoto Nishida; Mari Takagi;

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Saitama at-large district is a three-member constituency of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the national Diet of Japan. It consists of Saitama and elects three Councillors for six-year terms every three years by single non-transferable vote.

Until a reapportionment in the 1990s, effective in the 1995 and 1998 Councillors elections, Saitama was a two-member district electing a total of four Councillors.

Recent election results

2010^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Masakazu Sekiguchi	655,028	20.6
	Kōmeitō	Makoto Nishida	594,678	18.7
	DPJ	Motohiro Ōno	557,398	17.5
	DPJ	Chiyako Shimada	544,381	17.1
	YP	Tsukasa Kobayashi	416,663	13.1
	JCP	Gaku Itō	207,957	6.5
	NRP	Kōji Nakagawa	84,897	2.7
	SDP	Fumihiro Himori	72,185	2.3
	Independent	Kōsei Hasegawa	37,731	1.2
	HRP	Hirotoshi Inda	9,536	0.3
Turnout			3,246,247	55.83

2007^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DPJ	Kuniko Kōda	745,517	23.5
	LDP	Toshiharu Furukawa	684,270	21.6
	DPJ	Ryūji Yamane	665,063	21.0
	Kōmeitō	Hiroshi Takano	623,723	19.7
	JCP	Sumiko Ayabe	277,440	8.7
	SDP	Etsuko Matsuzawa	104,403	3.3
	PNP	Tetsuo Sawada	72,756	2.3
Turnout			3,227,638	56.35

Historical Councillors elected from Saitama


Class of 1947/1953/...				Election Year	Class of 1950/1956/...
#1 (1947: #1. 6 Year Term)	#2 (1947: #2, 6 Year Term) (1992: #3, 3 Year Term)	#3	#4	Election Year	#1 (1947: #3, 3-year term)	#2 (1947: #4, 3-year term)	#3	#4
Eizo Kobayashi (LP)	Yataro Hiranuma (LP)			1947	Katsumasa Amada (JSP)	Kazue Ishikawa (DP)
Eizo Kobayashi (LP)	Yataro Hiranuma (LP)			1950	Yoshio Matsunaga † 1955 (JSP)	Shokichi Uehara (LP)
Eizo Kobayashi (Yoshida LP)	Katsumasa Amada (Right JSP)			1953	Yoshio Matsunaga † 1955 (JSP)
				1955 by el.	Ryusaku Endo (Indep.)
				1956	Yuichi Osawa # 1960 (LDP)	Shokichi Uehara (LDP)
Eizo Kobayashi (LDP)	Katsumasa Amada † 1965 (JSP)			1959	Yuichi Osawa # 1960 (LDP)
				1960 by el.	Kanzo Oizumi (LDP)
				1962	Shokichi Uehara (LDP)	Hideyuki Seya (JSP)
Katsuji Mori (JSP)	Yoshio Tsuchiya (LDP)			1965
Katsuji Mori (JSP)	Yoshio Tsuchiya (LDP)			1968
Yoshio Tsuchiya (Liberal Democratic Party (Japan))	Katsuji Mori (JSP)			1971
	Katsuji Mori (JSP)			1974	Hideyuki Seya (JSP)	Shokichi Uehara (LDP)
	Juro Morita (NLC)			1977	Hideyuki Seya (JSP)	Shokichi Uehara (LDP)
				1980	Ryoko Nao (LDP)	Hideyuki Seya (JSP)
				1983	Ryoko Nao (LDP)	Hideyuki Seya (JSP)
				1986	Hideyuki Seya (JSP)	Ryoko Nao (LDP)
Hajime Fukuda (JSP)	Yoshio Tsuchiya # 1992 (Indep.)			1989		Ryoko Nao (LDP)
	Taizo Sato (LDP)			1991 by-el.		Noriyuki Sekine (LDP)
				1992 (including by-el.)	Noriyuki Sekine (LDP)	Hideyuki Seya (JSP)
Hiroshi Takano (NFP)		Sachiyo Abe (JCP)		1995	Noriyuki Sekine (LDP)	Hideyuki Seya (JSP)
Hiroshi Takano (NFP)		Sachiyo Abe (JCP)		1998	Takujiro Hamada # 2003 (Indep.)	Renzo Togashi (JCP)	Toshio Fuji (DPJ)
Taizo Sato (Liberal Democratic Party (Japan))	Hiroshi Takano (Komeito)	Ryuji Yamane (DPJ)		2001	Takujiro Hamada # 2003 (Indep.)
				2003 by-el.	Masakazu Sekiguchi (LDP)
				2004	Chiyako Shimada (DPJ)	Masakazu Sekiguchi (LDP)	Makoto Nishida (Komeito)
Kuniko Koda (DPJ)	Toshiharu Furukawa (LDP)			2007	Chiyako Shimada (DPJ)	Masakazu Sekiguchi (LDP)	Makoto Nishida (Komeito)
Kuniko Koda (DPJ)	Toshiharu Furukawa (LDP)			2010	Masakazu Sekiguchi (LDP)	Makoto Nishida (Komeito)	Motohiro Ōno (DPJ)
Toshiharu Furukawa (LDP)	Katsuo Yakura (Komeito)	Kuniko Koda (Your Party)		2013		Makoto Nishida (Komeito)	Motohiro Ōno (DPJ)
	Katsuo Yakura (Komeito)	Kuniko Koda (Your Party)		2016		Motohiro Ōno # 2019 (DPJ)	Makoto Nishida (Komeito)
	Hiroto Kumagai (CDP)	Katsuo Yakura (Komeito)	Gaku Ito (JCP)	2019		Motohiro Ōno # 2019 (DPJ)
				2019 by-el.		Kiyoshi Ueda (Indepen.)
				2022		Kiyoshi Ueda (Indepen.)		Mari Takagi (CDP)

Party affiliations as of election day; #: resigned to run in Saitama gubernatorial election; †: died in office.

References

House of Councillors: Alphabetical list of former Councillors

^ "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
^ 参議院>第22回参議院議員選挙>埼玉選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
^ 参議院>第21回参議院議員選挙>埼玉選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.

[1] "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.

[senkyo2010-2] 参議院>第22回参議院議員選挙>埼玉選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.

[senkyo2007-3] 参議院>第21回参議院議員選挙>埼玉選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.

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@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 Until a reapportionment in the 1990s, effective in the 1995 and 1998 Councillors elections, Saitama was a two-member district electing a total of four Councillors.
+{{Infobox constituency
-Current Councillors from Saitama are:
+|name=Saitama at-large district
-* in the class of [[2016 Japanese House of Councillors election|2016]] (term ends 2022):
+|nativename={{no bold|埼玉県選挙区}}
-** [[Masakazu Sekiguchi]] ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]], [[Nukaga faction]]), 4th term,
+|type=[[Parliament]]ary
-** [[Makoto Nishida]] ([[Kōmeitō]]), 3rd term,
+|parl_name=[[House of Councillors]]
-** [[Kiyoshi Ueda]] ([[Independent politician|Ind.]]), 1st term.
+|image=Saitama in Japan.svg
-* in the class of [[2007 Japanese House of Councillors election|2007]] (term ends [[2013 Japanese House of Councillors election|2013]]):
+|image_size=250px
-** [[Kuniko Kōda]] (DPJ), 1st term,
+|district_label=[[Prefecture (Japan)|Prefecture]]
-** [[Toshiharu Furukawa]] (LDP, Machimura faction), 3rd term, and
+|district=[[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]]
-** [[Ryūji Yamane]] (DPJ, Kawabata (=ex-[[Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)|DSP]]) group), 2nd term.
+|electorate= 6,170,471 (as of September 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_R04.html|access-date=2023-01-04|title=総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数|language=ja|trans-title=Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022}}</ref>
+|year=1947
+|seats=8
+|member_label=Councillors
+|member= Class of 2019:{{ubl
+|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Toshiharu Furukawa]]
+|{{Color box|{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|border=darkgray}} [[Hiroto Kumagai]]
+|{{Color box|{{party color|Komeito}}|border=darkgray}} [[Katsuo Yakura]]
+|{{Color box|{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Gaku Ito]]
+}}
+Class of 2022:{{ubl
+|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Masakazu Sekiguchi]]
+|{{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} [[Kiyoshi Ueda]]
+|{{Color box|{{party color|Komeito}}|border=darkgray}} [[Makoto Nishida]]
+|{{Color box|{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|border=darkgray}} [[Mari Takagi]]
+}}}}
 == Recent election results ==
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 <small>(1947: #1. 6 Year Term)</small>
 !#2
-<small>(1947: #2, 6 Year Term)</small>
+<small>(1947: #2, 6 Year Term)</small><br><small>(1992: #3, 3 Year Term)</small>
-<small>(1992: #3, 3 Year Term)</small>
 !#3
 !#4
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 |align="left"|[[1947 Japanese House of Councillors election|1947]]
 |{{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Katsumasa Amada]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
-| bgcolor="#ccffff"|[[Kazue Ishikawa (politician)|Kazue Ishikawa]]<br>([[Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)|DP)]]
+| bgcolor="#ccffff"|[[Kazue Ishikawa (politician)|Kazue Ishikawa]]<br>([[Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)|DP]])
 | rowspan="20" bgcolor=grey |
 | rowspan="30" bgcolor=grey |
@@ Line 189: / Line 205: @@
 |-
 |align="right"|1955 <small>by el.</small>
-|{{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Ryukasu Endo]]<br>(Indep.)
+|{{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Ryusaku Endo]]<br>(Indep.)
 |-
 |align="left"|[[1956 Japanese House of Councillors election|1956]]
@@ Line 195: / Line 211: @@
 | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Shokichi Uehara]]<br>([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
 |-
-| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Eizo Kobayashi]]<br>([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)]])
+| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Eizo Kobayashi]]<br>([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
 | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Katsumasa Amada]] † 1965<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
 |align="right"|[[1959 Japanese House of Councillors election|1959]]
 |-
 |align="left"|1960 <small>by el.</small>
-|{{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Kanzo Oizumi]]([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
+|{{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Kanzo Oizumi]]<br>([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
 |-
 |align="right"|[[1962 Japanese House of Councillors election|1962]]
 | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Shokichi Uehara]]<br>([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
 | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Hideyuki Seya]]
-([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP)]]
+([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
 |-
 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Katsuji Mori (politician)|Katsuji Mori]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
@@ Line 218: / Line 234: @@
 |-
 |align="right"|[[1974 Japanese House of Councillors election|1974]]
-| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Hideyuki Seya]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP)]]
+| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Hideyuki Seya]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Shokichi Uehara]]<br>([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
 |-
@@ Line 226: / Line 242: @@
 |align="right"|[[1980 Japanese House of Councillors election|1980]]
 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Ryoko Nao]]<br>([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
-| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Hideyuki Seya]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP)]]
+| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Hideyuki Seya]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
 |-
 |align="left"|[[1983 Japanese House of Councillors election|1983]]
 |-
 |align="right"|[[1986 Japanese House of Councillors election|1986]]
-| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Hideyuki Seya]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP)]]
+| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Hideyuki Seya]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Ryoko Nao]]<br>([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
 |-
@@ Line 245: / Line 261: @@
 <small>by-el.)</small>
 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Noriyuki Sekine]]<br>([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
-| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Hideyuki Seya]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP)]]
+| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|[[Hideyuki Seya]]<br>([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
 |-
 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic Party of Japan}}|[[Hiroshi Takano (politician)|Hiroshi Takano]]<br>([[New Frontier Party (Japan)|NFP]])
@@ Line 286: / Line 302: @@
 |align="right"|[[2016 Japanese House of Councillors election|2016]]
 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic Party of Japan}}|[[Motohiro Ōno]] # 2019<br>([[Democratic Party of Japan|DPJ]])
-| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Komeito}}|[[Sanehito Nishida]]<br>([[Komeito]])
+| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Komeito}}|[[Makoto Nishida]]<br>([[Komeito]])
 |-
 | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|[[Hiroto Kumagai]]<br>([[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|CDP]])
 | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Komeito}}|[[Katsuo Yakura]]<br>([[Komeito]])
-| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Japanese Communist Party}}|[[Gaku Ito]]([[Japanese Communist Party|JCP]])
+| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Japanese Communist Party}}|[[Gaku Ito]]<br>([[Japanese Communist Party|JCP]])
 |align="left"|[[2019 Japanese House of Councillors election|2019]]
 |-
 |align="right"|2019 <small>by-el.</small>
-| rowspan="2" |[[Seiji Ueda (politician)|Seiji Ueda]](Indepen.)
+| rowspan="2" |[[Kiyoshi Ueda]]<BR>(Indepen.)
 |-
 |align="left"|[[2022 Japanese House of Councillors election|2022]]
@@ Line 310: / Line 326: @@
 {{coord missing|Saitama Prefecture}}
-[[Category:Saitama Prefecture]]
+[[Category:Politics of Saitama Prefecture]]
 [[Category:Districts of the House of Councillors (Japan)]]

v t e Districts of the Japanese House of Councillors of the National Diet
President of the House of Councillors: Hidehisa Otsuji (Kagoshima) Vice President of the House of Councillors: Hiroyuki Nagahama (Chiba)
Hokkaido - Tohoku	Hokkaido (6) Aomori (2) Akita (2) Iwate (2) Yamagata (2) Miyagi (2) Fukushima (2)
Kanto	Gunma (2) Tochigi (2) Ibaraki (4) Saitama (8) Tokyo (12) Kanagawa (8) Chiba (6)
Chūbu	Niigata (2) Ishikawa (2) Toyama (2) Nagano (3) Yamanashi (2) Fukui (2) Gifu (2) Aichi (8) Shizuoka (4)
Kinki	Hyogo (6) Kyoto (4) Shiga (2) Osaka (8) Nara (2) Mie (2) Wakayama (2)
Chugoku	Tottori-Shimane (2) Hiroshima (4) Okayama (2) Yamaguchi (2)
Shikoku	Kagawa (2) Ehime (2) Tokushima-Kochi (2)
Kyushu - Okinawa	Fukuoka (6) Saga (2) Ōita (2) Nagasaki (2) Kumamoto (2) Miyazaki (2) Kagoshima (2) Okinawa (2)
National Proportional representation	(National) Proportional district (100)
Abolished in 2015 reform	Kochi (0) Tokushima (0) Tottori (0) Shimane (0)
Abolished in 1983 election	National (SNTV) district (0)
(in parentheses): Number of representatives per district